Natural measures to prevent floods are not a 'silver bullet'
Mar 16, 2017, 1:07 pm By ENN
Measures such as river restoration and tree planting aim to restore processes that have been…Outwitting climate change with a plant 'dimmer'?
Mar 16, 2017, 11:59 am By ENN
Plants possess molecular mechanisms that prevent them from blooming in winter. Once the cold of…NASA Study Confirms Biofuels Reduce Jet Engine Pollution
Mar 16, 2017, 10:01 am By ENNUsing biofuels to help power jet engines reduces particle emissions in their exhaust by as much as…Indoor farming takes root at University of Toronto - Mississauga
Mar 16, 2017, 9:47 am By ENN
At University of Toronto Mississauga, a plastic tower sprouts produce including curly starbor kale,…NSF awards $5.6 million to establish new arctic Long-Term Ecological Research site
Mar 16, 2017, 9:15 am By ENN
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made a $5.6 million, five-year grant to establish a…Eating healthier food could reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Mar 16, 2017, 7:59 am By ENN
You are what you eat, as the saying goes, and while good dietary choices boost your own health, they…UNC-Chapel Hill study: "no fat" or "no sugar" label equals no guarantee of nutritional quality
Mar 15, 2017, 4:38 pm By ENN
Terms such as no-fat or no-sugar, low-fat or reduced-salt on food packaging may give consumers a…Study: Cold Climates and Ocean Carbon Sequestration
Mar 15, 2017, 4:12 pm By ENNWe know a lot about how carbon dioxide (CO2) levels can drive climate change, but how about the way…NASA Spots Sub-Tropical Storm 11S Still Swirling
Mar 15, 2017, 3:57 pm By ENNOnce a tropical storm, now a sub-tropical storm, the remnants of the tropical low pressure area…Optical fingerprints can reveal environmental gases
Mar 15, 2017, 3:11 pm By ENN
More efficient sensors are needed to be able to detect environmental pollution. Researchers at…Between a rock and an artistic place
Mar 15, 2017, 12:23 pm By ENN
Kamilo Beach is, arguably, the world’s dirtiest beach. Located on the southeastern coast on the…What makes farmers try new practices?
Mar 15, 2017, 8:27 am By ENN
Change is never easy. But when it comes to adopting new agricultural practices, some farmers are…Louisiana wetlands struggling with sea-level rise four times the global average
Mar 14, 2017, 6:05 pm By ENN
Without major efforts to rebuild Louisiana’s wetlands, particularly in the westernmost part of the…Increase in Extreme Sea Levels Could Endanger European Coastal Communities
Mar 14, 2017, 5:01 pm By ENN
Massive coastal flooding in northern Europe that now occurs once every century could happen every…Taking B Vitamins May Reduce Epigenetic Effects of Air Pollution
Mar 14, 2017, 4:35 pm By ENNA new study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health showed that…Early Earth Had a Hazy, Methane-filled Atmosphere
Mar 14, 2017, 4:21 pm By ENN
More than 2.4 billion years ago, Earth’s atmosphere was inhospitable, filled with toxic gases that…New Materials Could Turn Water into the Fuel of the Future
Mar 14, 2017, 3:55 pm By ENNResearchers at Caltech and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have—in just two…Did humans create the Sahara Desert?
Mar 14, 2017, 12:23 pm By ENN
New research investigating the transition of the Sahara from a lush, green landscape 10,000 years…Spiders Eat 400-800 Million Tons of Prey Every Year
Mar 14, 2017, 12:13 pm By ENN
It has long been suspected that spiders are one of the most important groups of predators of…Scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass
Mar 14, 2017, 12:11 pm By ENNA team of scientists at the University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to…
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